Taking to the dead..... another bit of parastupid
E.V.P. was "Discovered" by a man who was recording bird song. When he was listening to the playback he heard the voice of a recently dead person. This is a common setup for the hearing of things that are "paranormal". When a person is in a state caused by grief and wanting to talk to the person who has died, and then exposed to something that could be mistaken for sounds, images, etc... they will hear what they are trying so desperatly wanting to. This is the same for people in "E.V.P. Research". They want to hear voices in the random noise so they condition themselves into hearing the responses that they want to hear.
If you talk to most people who are in the paranormal field you will discover that they usually lost a loved on just before getting into the research and use it to help cope with the loss.
And..... If you are doing any research on EVP make sure to understand that Thomas Edison did not try to talk to the dead. This is another rumor started by the "EVP Researchers" that don't check facts.
Some great samples of this are the Franks Box (Telephone to the dead), EVP Maker Software, The "Paranormal puck" and soo many more.